SyntaxError: Unexpected token { at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16) in elasticdump

Question

I was trying to move elasticsearch data from one server to another using elasticdump. When I giving

elasticdump --input=http://192.168.0.122:9200/my_index --output=http://localhost:9200/my_index --type=mapping

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/elasticdump/lib/transports/elasticsearch.js:668 var { awsChain, awsAccessKeyId, awsIniFileProfile } = self.parent.options ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token { at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16) at Module._compile (module.js:374:25) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10) at Module.load (module.js:344:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12) at Module.require (module.js:354:17) at require (internal/module.js:12:17) at getIo (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/elasticdump/lib/ioHelper.js:29:18) at new elasticdump (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/elasticdump/elasticdump.js:43:3) at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/elasticdump/bin/elasticdump:96:16)

How should I solve this error?

Answer 1

The problem is that your version of Node.js is too old and doesn't support the latest features.

elasticdump requires at least node.js v8+, so you should upgrade node.js and then it should work.